Submergence

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[WIND BLOWING]

[SEAGULLS CAWING]

[WAVES CRASHING]

WOMAN:
[OVER RECORDING] Some of

the most common pathways

of energy production

in microorganisms,

who live along the

hydrothermal vents,

are oxidation or reduction

of sulfur compounds.

The most common electron donor

along the vents is

hydrogen sulfide,

making oxidation

of sulfur-containing compounds

the base of the food

web in this environment.

The microorganisms

capable of oxidizing

or reducing sulfur compounds

show amazing diversity.

Over 161 gram-negative

sulfur-oxidizing bacteria species

have been found to inhabit

the hydrothermal vents.

Bacteria in this environment are often

thought of as all being autotrophs,

but of these 161 species,

over 97% are also capable

of heterotrophic growth.

In addition, 37% perform

fermentation.

Furthermore, the sulfate

reducers known to be present,

include at least nine different

genera, including gram-negative...

Yeah, I see.

I understand why.

No, to us it'd make

a huge difference.

She'll be out soon.

You had enough?

[RECORDING CONTINUES]

While most are rod shaped...

They want us on the boat

now for a team debriefing.

DANI:
Can I get

in the tank next time?

That's dangerous.

Each suit is designed

specifically

for each aquanaut, so...

Thank you, Paul, but you don't

have to indulge her every whim.

DANI:
Thank you, Paul.

Why do you torture

him like that?

He's too young

to defend himself.

I'll race you.

- No.

- Come on now.

THUMBS:
No, I... I...

I don't like you!

CAPT. ANCTIL:
Okay, I just want to

go over the order of the dives,

so that you can

communicate with each other

about who can help log,

as some of you will be prepping

and not available to log.

All right?

We start from here,

so Jonas and Ren are up first,

- Lucky you.

- with tienne as the pilot,

for the first dive

in the Cadiz Gulf.

Then we're going to

hug the coastline,

going west of Ireland

and Britain

into the Norwegian Sea.

There, Gustavo and

Maria are next,

with Frank piloting

around the Faroe Island.

Frank, who is also taking

Annie and Mark down,

here near Iceland where

we'll spend the most time,

and do several dives, okay?

It's a complete reversal,

I'm sorry.

CAPT. ANCTIL:

And then, our deepest dive,

Thumbs and Dani,

are last, around Jan Mayen,

with tienne as a pilot, okay?

There are definite

advantages in going last.

They're gonna be logging

and not prepping,

and the sub will be tested.

I'm not thinking about that.

Then what's up?

I realized I've never

been lonely before.

[CHUCKLING]

Welcome to the planet.

It's possible there's

no service where he is.

He's working in

Northern Kenya, right?

Or he just stopped calling,

stopped being interested.

THUMBS:
Impossible.

He's just stuck somewhere

without reception.

For a month.

THUMBS:
Yes.

Why not?

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[LAUGHING]

MAN:
[IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

Don't go near him, boy!

[GROANS]

[CRUNCHING]

[MOANS]

[GROANS]

Next.

MAN:
[OVER RECORDING]

The Monk by the Sea is not...

...The Berlin Academy

exhibition of 1810.

[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]

What do you got for us?

I have a bona fide source,

willing to give up an

operational bomb unit in Europe.

They want to hit train stations.

Where's the link?

In Southern Somalia.

What's on the

table for the source?

British passport,

we want him.

We found him,

we'll get him.

He's my source,

so I'm going in alone.

Somalia is not a good idea, J.

JAMES:
I know.

Check this out.

We are talking about

bombs all over Europe.

If there's even a chance we can get out

in front of that, we have to take it.

We don't know who they are,

where they are.

Their whole pipeline

of intelligence

and soldiers waiting

to stream in.

You don't even know what faction

is in charge in Kismayo right now.

Well, I was hoping you could help

me out with who's in charge there.

Oh, come on, James,

this isn't Afghanistan.

WOLFGANG:

So, how are you getting in?

Small plane.

I'll use my water

engineer alias.

I'll meet my contact

at Kismayo airport.

BOB:
So, you're mister water expert

and you're gonna dig up some wells?

BOB:
In the tooth again,

that's the safest.

JAMES:
Yeah, I'll activate it

once I'm there.

Same as last time.

WOLFGANG:
Don't let them

know you speak Arabic, J.

Guys, do me a favor,

just tell me something

that's gonna help me, would you?

F***.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

TEACHER:
Yeah? Okay.

BOB:
Wait, we've got

something for you.

Look at the picture.

You must remember this guy,

Yusef Mohamud al-Afghani.

Yeah.

He was with Osama in 2001,

wasn't he?

BOB:
Yeah,

apparently he's in Somalia now.

We'll get you intel on him,

whatever we dig up.

Give us a few days, J, we'll

contact you on a safe line.

[BOAT MOTOR RUMBLES]

PHILLIP:
Hey!

Hi. You came yourself.

PHILLIP:
For you,

Madame Flinders, of course.

Oh, so good to be back.

[SPEAKING FRENCH]

[BIRDS CHIRPING]

[BELL RINGS]

[WAVES CRASHING]

- [INDISTINCT CHATTER]

- [AMBIENT MUSIC PLAYS]

Now I must confess,

I'm feeling reckless

Stuck my heart on my chest

Evening.

What kind of whiskey

do you have?

I've got a good Japanese one.

Konnichiwa, let's go Japanese.

- You play rugby?

- I used to.

- What's your name?

- Marcel.

Why did you stop, Marcel?

Oh, you know,

I just broke my neck.

[JAMES CHUCKLES]

Stick that on room 12, please.

- Okay.

- See you later.

Your white wine, Madame.

Thank you, Marcel.

[BIRDS CHIRPING]

[WAVES CRASHING]

Hey.

Good Morning.

JAMES:
Good Morning.

- You're English?

- British. Scottish British.

Dani, Dani Flinders.

James More.

- DANI:
Will I see you later?

- JAMES:
Yeah, I'd like that!

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

Oh.

JAMES:

I think you're following me.

Or you're following

me in advance.

- Tricky.

- [JAMES LAUGHS]

Mr. More,

the newspaper you wanted.

Thank you, Beatrice.

You're definitely following me.

I haven't even had a

chance to shower yet.

I love the smell of sweat.

- I have to do some work.

- Is this your room?

- Lunch?

- Would 1:
30 be too late?

No.

[BIRDS CHIRPING]

MAN:
[OVER RECORDING]

Free-living chemoautotrophic

microorganisms at

hydrothermal vents.

We integrated the analyses of IPL

diversity and delta13C values,

delta13C lipid with

16S RNA gene-based...

[ORCHESTRAL MUSIC PLAYS]

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

- [KNOCKING CONTINUES]

- Yes?

JAMES:
I've come

to take you to lunch.

It's open.

[MUSIC CONTINUES]

Carry on, Professor.

How did you know

I was a professor?

I looked at your name on the

letter you picked up this morning.

What are you a professor of?

Take a guess.

Um...

- Music?

- [LAUGHING]

DANI:
Nope.

Do you mind turning

it down a little bit?

It's awfully loud in here.

I mean, you couldn't

really hear me... [CHUCKLES]

knock on the door even, so...

[MUSIC STOPS]

- Thank you, Law?

- [SCOFFS] Please.

- Uh, anthropology?

- Wrong again.

Well, just... tell me then.

I apply mathematics to the

study of life in the ocean.

JAMES:

You're an oceanographer?

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